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Police: Thousands of Minks Released After Holes Cut in Fur Farm Fence

SUNBURY, Pa. (AP) — State police say thousands of minks were released from a central Pennsylvania fur farm by one or more people who cut holes in the fence surrounding the farm. Police in the Stonington barracks in Northumberland County …

2 Charged with Cutting Wires; 40,000 Lose Internet Service

NORWALK, Conn. (AP) – Connecticut police have charged two people with cutting more than 2,000 fiber optic cables, leaving over 40,000 homes and businesses without internet service in the southwestern part of the state. Norwalk police said they arrested Asheville, …

State Drops Charges against Official Who Pushed Car with Truck

FAIRBANKS, Alaska– The state has dismissed criminal charges filed last summer against the coordinator of Village Public Safety Officers for interior Alaska. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports 41-year-old Jody Juneby-Potts was charged in July with criminal mischief after using a …

Boys Drive Excavator in Pennsylvania, Smash Bulldozer

State police say two boys, ages 12 and 9, drove a large excavator at a southwestern Pennsylvania strip mine, smashing a bulldozer in the process. Police say the 12-year-old will be charged with felony criminal mischief in Greene County Juvenile …